Word counts displayed!

[JGittes]

On the one hand, it takes up a lot of space.

On the other hand, it is useful information that will save me quite a few clicks in my limited story-searching endeavours.

 

[ElectricBlue]

You can go to any story's first page, not just stories in the Story Games category.

Found it. Now I just want to go back and turn it off. Seeing the story length is useful, but I don't want to see tags. Give me more toggles, to switch stuff off!

 

[Bamagan]

What's the point of putting new features accessible only from the Story Games page? That must be the least used "feature" on Lit.

As mentioned above, it was initially only available there because they were testing the new cards out and getting feedback. As you say, the category is not a hotbed of activity, and it was even less active when the testing started, so it must have seemed like a reasonable place to hide the controls to keep casual users from accidentally finding them.

 

[ElectricBlue]

As mentioned above, it was initially only available there because they were testing the new cards out and getting feedback. As you say, the category is not a hotbed of activity, and it was even less active when the testing started, so it must have seemed like a reasonable place to hide the controls to keep casual users from accidentally finding them.

Could be. But now some helpful bastard has said, "Hey, lookit this, new feature!" And I've taken five minutes to activate it, don't like it, but I'm too lazy to go back and turn it off. Epitome of a first world problem!

 

[TheLobster]

Could be. But now some helpful bastard has said, "Hey, lookit this, new feature!" And I've taken five minutes to activate it, don't like it, but I'm too lazy to go back and turn it off. Epitome of a first world problem!

Now you can be their free QA! We thank you for your sacrifice.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Could @Manu maybe spell "standard" correctly? (It's "standart" in the selection widget.)

 

[bi_cathy]

I expect it's still hidden there to reduce the number of complaints if or when the update breaks something. If many of the users still have no idea the feature exists, they can't whine if it has to be rolled back for repairs. Or, well, their whining will be about something else they don't like, anyway.

Queue in 2035 and it's still under development as a selectable option in the story view
We'll remind each other!

(TBC, I agree that your explanation would be very plausible in any other website development's roadmap.)

 

[Candy_Kane54]

Well, this explains why my view count suddenly cratered a few months ago. People are seeing the word count and tags and not bothering to even open my stories ...

 

[Bamagan]

Well, this explains why my view count suddenly cratered a few months ago. People are seeing the word count and tags and not bothering to even open my stories ...

The word count is probably unrelated, since it only popped up in the last day or two (it's long been available after clicking into the story, though). The tags might be having an effect since they've been viewable for a while, but as the conversation upthread indicates, they're a somewhat hidden feature that relatively few forum regulars seem to know about. Readers who don't visit the forums might have discovered the setting by playing around in the font controls, but I feel like that's probably not a large percentage.

 

[dirk2024]

The word count is probably unrelated, since it only popped up in the last day or two (it's long been available after clicking into the story, though). The tags might be having an effect since they've been viewable for a while, but as the conversation upthread indicates, they're a somewhat hidden feature that relatively few forum regulars seem to know about. Readers who don't visit the forums might have discovered the setting by playing around in the font controls, but I feel like that's probably not a large percentage.

I've been able to see them since I flipped whatever magical switch back in November. Now I can see the word count too.

Personally, I like not having to open a story to view those things. So it's a for me!

 

[liliput1]

Yay! Word counts are now displayed under stories on authors' works and on lists (though not category hubs ....yet).

Thank you @Manu and @Laurel

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Oh goodie. As a new author I’ve been stressing over trying to work out how to estimate wc->page count approximations so I don’t put up two pagers or 15 pagers, and now I can hopefully just run down my favorites list to get an estimate.

 

[Bamagan]

Oh goodie. As a new author I’ve been stressing over trying to work out how to estimate wc->page count approximations so I don’t put up two pagers or 15 pagers, and now I can hopefully just run down my favorites list to get an estimate.

Lit pages are about 3500 to 3800 words each (except the last). At least some HTML markup seems to be counted, and they don't break in the middle of paragraphs (only relevant if you write long paragraphs, usually).

 

[THBGato]

Well, this explains why my view count suddenly cratered a few months ago. People are seeing the word count and tags and not bothering to even open my stories ...

I think this had more to do with the change in the category hubs - fewer stories on the "new list" means stories stay on the category page for a much shorter time, so have fewer views.

(I also think the Lesbian Sex section is changing; it's moving away from the long-chapter lesbian romance stories that you write and becoming more and more D/S, um, dominated. For instance, RedGarter's last two stories only had 9k views which is bizarre given their pedigree in the category. Even wanda's latest is only at 7k views after a month.)

 

[liliput1]

I think this had more to do with the change in the category hubs - fewer stories on the "new list" means stories stay on the category page for a much shorter time, so have fewer views.

(I also think the Lesbian Sex section is changing; it's moving away from the long-chapter lesbian romance stories that you write and becoming more and more D/S, um, dominated. For instance, RedGarter's last two stories only had 9k views which is bizarre given their pedigree in the category. Even wanda's latest is only at 7k views after a month.)

Which is a goddamned shame because they both are only getting better with practice. RG answered some of my nagging questions and I would buy a novelization of Wanda’s latest story.

 

[BeechLeaf]

Popularity or scores or anything like that don't really compare to discovery of what you love: once you discover onehitwanda, redgarters, bi_cathy, or FrancesScott, nothing else matters. Huge pleasure from reading them, and ignore the whole Literotica apparatus if it disagrees.

 

[alohadave]

Well, this explains why my view count suddenly cratered a few months ago. People are seeing the word count and tags and not bothering to even open my stories ...

That was something different. I saw the same drop in views across nearly all my stories.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

That was something different. I saw the same drop in views across nearly all my stories.

The only other thing I could think was that they started blocking web crawlers because I would usually see someone or something go through my whole catalog on a regular basis ...

 

[SimonDoom]

They only show up on the 'Modern' UI style, not the 'Classic' one.
Go to the normal category hub for any category. Under the 'New' section there are segments for 'Popular' and 'Random' which seem to be updated. They're also on the author pages.
All of that assumes the user has enabled the expanded title cards. That's an extra step beyond opting into beta features.

How does one expand title cards?

 

[ElectricBlue]

How does one expand title cards?

Go into any story, select the font settings box - the big A in the row top left - and half way down there's a toggle. That sets up a new format default.

 

[SimonDoom]

Go into any story, select the font settings box - the big A in the row top left - and half way down there's a toggle. That sets up a new format default.

Where? I still don't understand this. I did what you suggested and I don't see any difference.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Where? I still don't understand this. I did what you suggested and I don't see any difference.

When you next go to someone's story page you'll see the additional info.

It's the most hidden away, arcane feature I've yet seen. All it does is remind me I'm shit at choosing tags for my own stories. Some of mine are ridiculous!